CES Under The Radar: Stuff You Missed : 3D Glasses: Minoru 3D WebCam

By Douglas Mechaber and Rachel Rosmarin, published on January 14, 2009 at 2:50 PM
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Every CES showcases 3D products.  I rarely see any of them for sale, and virtually none have caught on.  One product, if only because of the price, might become popular.  What I saw presented an acceptable image, and the 3D effect was undeniable.  Minoru, Japanese for “reality,” is the world’s first 3D webcam.  It looks like a little red robot. The two “eyes” are the two VGA cameras, though capable of 800 x 600 resolution, and includes a built in microphone.  They claim up to 30 fps output.  And yes, they use the funny colored glasses.  Five pair are included.  What do you expect for an estimated street price of a very reasonable $89? The down side is that this is from a British firm looking for US distributors. It works with its own format, and can do 3D on Windows Live Messenger, Skype, AOL Instant Messenger, and Oovoo.  If that doesn’t work in your environment, you can do picture in picture or standard 2D mode.  
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swankenstein 01/15/2009 2:48 AM
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I can't see your photo story because of the stupid pos visual studio pop up, thanks

wiyosaya 01/15/2009 7:11 PM
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Sony has one 11.1" OLED????

Sounds like you went to a different show than these guys....

zads 01/15/2009 7:22 PM
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CORRECTION: 800MB/s & 600MB/s,
not 800Mb/s & 600Mb/s..
the latter is entirely mediocre.

JohnMD1022 01/16/2009 2:27 AM
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No hard drives, backup-up drive will hold 50 Gb, on a device certified for 6,000 Gb, and $900?

Why do i think i could build it better and cheaper?

hmmmmmmmmmm ....

ediver 01/17/2009 5:28 AM
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Thanks for the correction, zads. Don't know how I missed that.

ediver 01/17/2009 5:34 AM
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A far as the LG NAS is concerned: there are a few features it has that didn't make it into print. Those include a catalog dredger, so that duplicates of files aren't backed up (not quite data dedupe), the ability to stream virtual media discs to multiple users, and the real time backup. Remember that in a typical RAID 5 or 1 configuration, the total storage will drop somewhat. Existing backup solutions are very expensive (LTO and AIT drives are outta sight) and per GB, the storage costs are similar to BluRay. Also, most backups will be differential or incremental, and in a small work group or small/home office, I would be impressed with someone generating over 50 GB of content per day. So, yes, I do find the price quite attractive, but it is at least 6 months from announced ship date, the price is approximate, and the market will almost certainly change between now and then.

Anonymous 02/13/2009 5:27 AM
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I'm sorry Pioneer but Yamaha has had:

# iPod compatibility via Yamaha Universal Dock
# USB port on front panel to connect a USB memory device or a USB portable audio player
# On-screen display with iPod song title display
# Compressed Music Enhancer to improve compressed music sources

for as long as the current series has been around, sometime in 2008.

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